Lao PDR's policy on biological conservation is based largely on a system of protected areas and the application of
sound conservation practices in forest management.
The national stance on environmental management in general is stated in the Environment Action Plan (EAP), produced by the Scientific, Technology and Environment Organisation (STENO) in 1993. STENO is the organisation responsible for co-ordinating environmental protection. EAP addresses the necessity for biodiversity conservation although this may be amplified in a National Biodiversity Conservation Plan currently in the planning stage with the assistance of IUCN.
Biodiversity conservation is also addressed in the closely related Tropical Forest Action Plan of 1990, which prescribed six major activities.